BeRMS taxon details

Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 137084

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Tetrapoda > Mammalia > Theria > Carnivora > Caniformia > Pinnipedia > Phocidae > Phoca
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Phoca Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 38 [details]


basis of record: Mead, J. G. and R. L. Brownell, Jr. (2005). Cetacea. Pages 723--743 in Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp., available online at http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/ [details]

additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station., available online at http://www.gmwsrs.org/main.htm [details]

additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details]

additional source: Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. [details]

additional source: Waring, G.T., J.M. Quintal and C.P. Fairfield (eds.). 2002. U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico marine mammal dtock assessments, 2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS- NE- 169. 318 p. [details]

additional source: Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 1993. Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press., available online at http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/msw/ [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Bulgarian obiknoven tyulen  [details]
Bulgarian Обикновен тюлен  [details]
Danish spættet sæl  [details]
Dutch gewone zeehond  [details]
English common seal  [details]
English harbour seal  [details]
French phoque veau marin  [details]
French phoque veau-marin  [details]
German Seehund  [details]
Italian foca comune  [details]
Lithuanian paprastasis ruonis  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Φώκια των λιμανιών  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål fjordsel  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål steinkobbe  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk fjordsel  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk steinkobbe  [details]
Polish foka pospolita  [details]
Russian тюлень  [details]
Slovenian navadni tjulenj  [details]
Spanish foca común  [details]
Spanish foca moteada  [details]
Swedish knubbsäl  [details]
Turkish bayağı fok  [details]
Turkish liman focu  [details]
Turkish liman foku  [details]
Ukrainian Звичайний тюлень  [details]
Ukrainian Тюлень звичайний  [details]
Welsh morlo cyffredin  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Bay of the Wash [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Blankenberge [details]
Bredene [details]
De Haan [details]
Delta area [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Flemish Banks [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Knokke [details]
Koksijde [details]
Middelkerke [details]
Nieuwpoort [details]
North Coast of France [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Northern Hemisphere [details]
Oostende [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Wenduine [details]
Westende [details]
Wimereux (not certain[details]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1035 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (657 nucleotides; 189 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Common seal
Common seal
added on 2007-03-08 - author: François Roland
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Common seal
Common seal
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Common seal
Common seal
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Gewone zeehond
Gewone zeehond
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Gewone zeehond
Gewone zeehond
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Phoca vitulina
Phoca vitulina
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Phoca vitulina
Phoca vitulina
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Phoca vitulina
Phoca vitulina
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Phoca vitulina
Phoca vitulina
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added on 2009-05-12 - author: Verkempynck Marc
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added on 2009-05-12 - author: Verkempynck Marc
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Gewone zeehond
Gewone zeehond
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Zeehond
Zeehond
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Harbour seals
Harbour seals
added on 2010-02-21 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Gewone zeehond
Gewone zeehond
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Seal on rock
Seal on rock
added on 2010-11-18 - author: Nozères, Claude
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Harbour seal - female
Harbour seal - female
added on 2011-03-02 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, W.D. Bowen ()
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Harbour seal - male
Harbour seal - male
added on 2011-03-02 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, W.D. Bowen ()
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Océanopolis - Brest - France - 2
Océanopolis - Brest - France - 2
added on 2011-07-14 - author: Trias Verbeeck, Ana
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137084
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-05-20 10:05:06Z  changed  Churchill, Morgan
2010-05-20 10:09:49Z  checked  Berta, Annalisa
  
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  Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2013). Phoca vitulina Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137084 on 2013-05-20
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